Health & Wellness Series l Wellness Travel

By - Amit kumaR Agarwal

  • It's about being healthy and happy!
    • Wellness Travel Booms in 2026
    • Travelers Trade Spa Weekends for "Nervous System Resets"
    • Research shows travelers increasingly prioritizing health-focused trips 

Have you heard the term 'wellness travel', what is it?
Frankly, we all have high-pressure, few of us, extremely high-pressure jobs that give us burn-outs. These burn-outs, if not tended to, lead to anger, depression, mood-swings - in nutshell - are dangerous enough to turn your life, upside down.

Naturally then, the saying 'health is wealth' is coming true like never before. A striking testimony is that 'wellness tourism' is having its biggest year yet!

According to a report, Sri Lanka has been ranked the world's fastest-growing wellness travel destination, recording a 100% increase in global demand.

The same survey found that 49% of US travelers plan to spend on wellness retreats in 2026, ranking them above spa treatments, dietary supplements, and gym memberships as a travel priority.

The shift isn't just about numbers — it reflects a change in what travelers actually want. Wellness travel in 2026 looks quite different from the spa weekends of a decade ago, with travelers booking trips that feel more substantial than chasing the perfect pool. A week away might now include a blood panel, a cold plunge, a session with a sleep specialist, and unstructured time to simply decompress.

Longevity remains a dominant theme. Retreats built around longer, better living — from contrast therapy to ancient ceremonies to community-led healing — are redefining how, why and where people travel, with longevity-focused properties emerging in mineral-rich coastlines, mountain regions, and Blue Zones.

Industry trackers point to several forces converging in 2026:
  • Going elemental: After 2025's focus on longevity retreats and digital detoxing, 2026 travelers are returning to raw, elemental experiences — glacial plunges, forest cabins over spa hotels, and outdoor endurance challenges
  • Cocooning closer to home: Amid global uncertainty, many wellness seekers are turning inward, opting for restorative escapes closer to home with short flights and easy-drive journeys instead of long-haul trips
  • Chasing cooler climates: As global temperatures rise, travelers are shifting toward cooler destinations and off-peak "wellness windows" that support fresh air, sunlight, and outdoor movement
  • Nervous system focus: Wellness travel is moving away from performance-driven wellness and toward nervous system regulation
  • Immunity and plant-based living: Travelers are increasingly seeking to enhance immunity, adopt plant-based diets, and find more affordable, eco-friendly retreat options, a trend industry analysts trace partly to lingering post-pandemic health anxiety

What was once a niche luxury pursuit — the spa weekend — has evolved into a mainstream travel category built on science, self-regulation, and destinations chosen for their capacity to restore rather than just relax. With nearly half of surveyed US travelers naming wellness retreats a top spending priority, 2026 looks set to cement wellness as a core pillar of the global travel industry rather than a passing trend.

Talennt Ka Maha Utsav l A normal workshop on film-making turns into an international webseries

By - Aanya

  • A normal workshop on film-making turns into an international webseries
  • Gem Mines premium jewelry brand from India supports #TKMU's initiative towards societal cause  

#TKMU Season 2 launched production-oriented workshops across the world.
What started as a normal workshop, turned more, as the content and reels created by youths and teenagers during the workshop, all aged between 15 to 25, turned into an international webseries.


Fresh from workshops in Italy and France, cult filmmaker, Amit R Agrwal did yet another session of #TKMU PEP Program workshop at Udayan Care in Greater Noida. The students were all excited and participated with full gutso!


The webseries focusses on the way, talent is the most effective tool to better mental health and the way protagonists around the world go to better the mental health.

Honey Kapoor Cinematic Universe Boosts Film Tourism Across Continents

By - Syed Hasan Zaidi


Honey Kapoor Cinematic Universe, one of the most effective cinematic universe in the independent-cinema across the world has redefined film-tourism

Very recently, #HKCU as Honey Kapoor Cinematic Universe is known worldwide - was invited to Italy, France and Switzerland under various programs.

Amit R Agrwal, cult filmmaker, created films, content and reels involving the local youth as well as senior citizens under the cinematic universe.

Agrwal said that he was the 1st Indie-cinema film maker from Asia-Africa to fuse tourism with films. From Maldives way back in 2008, when I just graduated from Film School to 2026 - we have been invited by seven countries, around 12 times to film and boost the cinema as well as economy of the country.

  • Local talent during Paris Fashion Week
This year we shot in Italy, Switzerland and France and the response has been emphatic.

Agrwal will soon be going to Vietnam to film and he is very happy about it; "more than filming, I like to nurture the local talent and give them there 1st break!

Health & Wellness Series l Body Image

By - Amit kumaR Agarwal

  • Are you happy with the way you look
  • Making Peace With the Mirror: Understanding Body Image
  • Images - we live surrounded by them! Our phones, in ads, on screens we can't avoid images.
  • No wonder then, how we feel about our bodies has become one of the most common sources of - either happiness or distress - mostly distress, because various surveys have revealed that 90% people on planet earth are not happy about their bodies!

Katrina Kaif, was recently trolled for her images - earlier it was Aishwarya Rai, to a much lesser extent Anushka and Deepika as well - and this is precisely we will talk about in this article - body image isn't about the body at all; it's about the relationship we have with it.

What Body Image Actually Is: Body image is the mental picture we carry of our own body, along with the thoughts and feelings attached to that picture. It has a few distinct parts:
  • Perceptual — how accurately (or inaccurately) we see our own shape and size
  • Affective — how we feel about our appearance
  • Cognitive — the beliefs we hold about our body ("I need to look a certain way to be valued")
  • Behavioral — the actions those beliefs drive, like avoiding mirrors, over-exercising, or skipping social events

These parts don't always line up. Someone can know, intellectually, that they look fine, while still feeling deep discomfort in their own skin, about their body!

Where the Pressure Comes From: Body image doesn't form in a vacuum. A few forces shape it consistently across research and lived experience:
  • Media and social media. Curated, filtered, algorithmically-amplified images create a constant comparison point that isn't real to begin with. Even knowing a photo is edited doesn't fully protect against its effect.
  • Culture and community. Different cultures and eras have prized different bodies — thinness, muscularity, curves — and those standards seep into how we judge ourselves, often without us noticing.
  • Family and early experiences. Comments about weight or appearance in childhood, even offhand ones, can echo for decades.
  • Transitions. Puberty, pregnancy, aging, illness, or injury all change the body, and body image often has to be renegotiated at each of these points.

Why It Matters Beyond Vanity: Poor body image isn't just an aesthetic complaint — it's linked to lower self-esteem, social withdrawal, and can be a significant risk factor for disordered eating and depression. It also has a strange way of stealing time and attention: energy spent monitoring, hiding, or fixing the body is energy not spent living.

Shifting the Relationship: A few approaches that research and clinical practice consistently point to:

Body neutrality over body positivity. Not everyone can flip a switch to "love" their body, and forcing positivity can feel hollow. Body neutrality — treating your body as the vehicle that lets you do things, rather than an object to be judged — is often a more sustainable middle ground.

Curating your visual diet. Consciously choosing what accounts, media, and comparisons you expose yourself to has a measurable effect on how you feel.

Noticing the story, not just the feeling. When a critical thought about your body shows up, it helps to ask what belief is underneath it, rather than trying to argue with the feeling directly.

Functionality over appearance. Shifting appreciation toward what the body does — carrying you up a hill, letting you hug someone, recovering from illness — tends to loosen appearance's grip as the sole measure of worth.

Talking to someone. A therapist, especially one trained in body image or eating concerns, can help unpick beliefs that have been reinforced for years and are hard to see clearly from the inside.

The Bigger Picture
Body image struggles are common enough to be considered close to universal in image-saturated cultures, not a personal failing. Improving your relationship with your body is rarely about willpower or finding the "right" body — it's about loosening the grip that appearance has on your sense of self-worth in the first place.

Wedding Syrup l Velvetore

By - Aanya

  • Wedding Syrup's event extravaganza saw the who's who from the Delhi-fashion circuit - right from ace tarot card reader and cosmic healer, Rekha Vohraa to ace-designer, Amit Virmani
  • Amit R Agrwal, fresh from his promotions of various curtain raisers during Milan Fashion Week. promoted Velvetor - premium Indian perfume brand founded by Mansi Kapoor and Ricky Kapoor - the reel got 25,000 views with in a day of its release
Ace holistic groomer, Rekha Vohraa and cult media-person, Amit R Agrwal, were very recently at the Wedding Syrup gala, that saw the who's who in the industry cutting across sectors like - designers, jewelry, fragrances & perfumes, bags, footwear - promoting their brands.


Rekha Vohraa, a sought after social-media influencer as well, was very actively seen promoting brands; she even modeled for a few, "reminds me of good old days, when I used to be a model," Vohraa chuckled.

Agrwal's promotions at the curtain-raisers of Milan Fashion Week have already hit more than 1-Million views across news portals and allied social media. He specially promoted an Indian Perfume Brand Velvetor Perfumes at the event.

Founded by Ricky Kapoor and Mansi Kapoor, the perfumes are one of their kind as they are very soft on skin. The best aspect is, their are many fragrances to choose from, for both men and women - be it strong or mild or plain normal - pick your choice.

Agrwal speaking to Bhaarat Bol News said, "I use Issey Miyake, this perfume, Velvetor is one of the best to come out from India.

Velvetor promoted by Amit R Agrwal with an engaging reel

By - Syed Hasan Zaidi
  • Velvetor Reel by Amit R Agrwal got 25,000 views within a day of it's release
  • From Film-making to Being An Influencer 

Velvetor brand, founded by Ricky Kapoor and Mansi Kapoor, as seen in the video is a perfect perfume brand from India that is fast becoming the market leader.

Amit R Agrwal, seamlessly metamorphosed into a sought-after influencer (his reels are often getting 100,000 views) on Bhaarat Bol News and allied social media, said "I never thought and still do not think I am an influencer, I just make films, content, reels and they often get the eyeballs - 100,000 or 1 Million is no number for me, because my films & content got more than 1-Billion views across continents. But yes, at NYFW in 2024 and now Milano Fashion Week in 2026 - many designers and models approached me to create reels with them and if they think of me as an influencer, so it be!"

Agrwal was all praise of Velvetor and said the fragrance reminded him of Issey Miyake.

Effective Influencer, Are You?
  • Ever seen, influencers with 100,000 or even 1-Million followers having 9,000-10,000 views on their reels
  • Or many 'influencers' hiding the view-count of their reels

These are 'fake' influencers, even if you get reels made from them - they are of no use; because the TG doesn't consume them!

Effective influencers are the ones, who on an average have a minimum of 3 to 5 times views of the followers they have
  • Example: 500 followers means the views must be 1500 or 1500+
This is 'real effective' influencer, because content, reel is genuinely consumed - the chances of this content or reel giving you business - multifold or manifold - are much better!

Rekha Vohraa l From Cosmic Healer to Effective Influencer

By - Bhaarat Bol News Team

Rekha Vohraa promotes a brand

Rekha Vohraa, famous in the Delhi-NCR society, as Jyotishacharya astrologer and Cosmic Healer - very recently became one of the most effective influencers from India.

What is an effective influencer?
Have you ever wondered 'so called' influencers with 100,000 or even 1 Million followers having 5,000 - 6,000 views on their reels or many other hiding the views of their reels - these are 'fake' influencers, even if you get reels made from them - they are of no use!


Effective influencers are the ones, who on an average have 100% views of the followers they have - for example if a person has only 300 followers and the views are 300 or 300+, the person is an effective influencer, because the reel(s) is genuinely consumed by the viewers - the chances of this reel giving you business are multifold and manifold better!

Ever since Vohra started making reels, the content is consumed more than 3-times the number of her followers, which makes her an effective influencer.


Talking about her journey, Rekha said, "one of my friends approached me to make a reel. The response was terrific, than another friend approached. Today I have to say a polite 'no' to many of my friends. All thanks to the success of my first reel". 

Film-Maker Vivek Singhania Invited to Yakutsk, Russia

  • Indian Filmmaker invited to Yakutsk
Globally renowned Indian film Producer, Vivek Singhania has been invited to attend the IX Yakutsk International Film Festival in The Sakha Republic, Russia in November 2026 as  International Jury member and Special Guest making him the very first Indian filmmaker to receive such an honour from Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world.

He is also planning a co-production with Stepan Burnashev a Producer - Director in Yakutsk. This will be the first Indo-Sakha Republic co-production. 

Vivek has produced many Bollywood blockbusters such as Na Tum Jaano Na Hum starring Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, and Esha Deol and then launched Himesh Reshammiya in Aap Ka Suroor.

Earlier this year Vivek was also invited as a Special Guest to the IV Bishkek International Film Festival in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan where he participated in the Industry Panel Discussions and Pitch Sessions.

#TKMU wishes Happy Ganesh Chaturthi To All

By - Aanya

  • The picture above, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, gives a glimpse into the festivities and fervor of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi
Talennt Ka Maha Utsav together with Bhaarat Bol News wishes all its readers worldwide a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

Amit R Agrwal's 50 Red Carpets At Cannes Film Festival, Now A Book

By - Syed Hasan Zaidi


The cult film-maker from India, Amit R Agrwal's 50 Red-Carpets at Cannes Film Festival are soon turning into a book. 'My 6th book to be precise," gushes Amit.

The idea came at the Cannes Film Festival 2026, where he met more than 10 Indian actors and models, "each trying to get a ticket to walk the Red Carpet at the Grand Lumiere".

A thought crossed my mind, why does the Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet draw such crazy response, while the red-carpets of the other top-10 film festivals are not even talked about! "I know for sure, not many of them would know, even, the names of the other top-10 film festivals".


The book is mostly a memoir, "right from the 1st Red Carpet I did in 2010 to the 50th in 2025," Amit has a slight gleam of pride in his eyes, as he says!

To give the book a global perspective, Amit has drawn actors, producers, models that have been thronging the Red Carpet over a decade for now - "the reason I got at least one of the Red Carpet regulars from each of the continents is that everyone has a story to tell, about the way they got their first red-carpet ticket; each story is very unique - it adds to the fun element of the book"


Amit plans to release the book either during Cannes 2027 or Cannes 2028, "preferably on the Red Carpet, if I can manage it," Amit says with a naughty grin.

Fashion Week Curtain-Raiser l Milano l September 2026

By - Amit kumaR Agarwal

  • Prasan Kumar blends style with substance as he fuses Indian elegance with the Mediterranean trance
    • Milano Fashion Week kicks off with many curtain-raisers both official and unofficial
    • Milan Fashion Week runs from Tuesday, September 22, to Monday, September 28, 2026

Very recently, the writer was invited to few fashion shows, that served as the curtain-raiser to the coveted Milano Fashion Week. For the unversed, Milano Fashion Week is one of the 'Big-4' fashion weeks, that make or break, many a career!

Milano Fashion Week, officially organized by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, is held 4-times in a year. September edition is dedicated to womenswear. The industry is abuzz, as is the press & media, that the final day of Milano Fashion Week 2026, September 28, is entirely digital.

Officially, there are 90+ events planned, featuring around 60 runway shows - 54 physical and 6 digital - showcasing women's ready-to-wear collections. The week is anticipated to kick off with major spectacles, including Vogue World: Milano on September 22, alongside heavyweight presentations from houses like Prada.

Unofficially, there are many shows happening on the sidelines of Milano Fashion Week, starting right from curtain-raisers that kicked-off a month early - August 21 onwards. These unofficial curtain-raisers are a perfect launch-pad for upcoming designers. Designers of Indian origin, Ankeeta S and Lavanya K, showcased their designs at a curtain-raiser jointly organized by them.


Prasan Kumar from USA, has worked both in, fashion luxury and fashion retail; based in NYC, he said, "I put Milan fashion week right on the top, ahead of New York, London, Paris - because the vibe of Milan fashion week is special". Having spent expensive time in Milan, including living in Milan - he knows all the intricacies of the Milano fashion week - including, making the perfect style statement!

Milano September 26 Edition arrives amid notable creative movements and high-profile transitions and changes across major Italian luxury labels. Ancillary showcases like WHITE Milano run concurrently in the Tortona Fashion District from September 24 to 27, 2026.

Popcorn Flicksss gives Indie Film-making a Big Boost

By - Syed Hasan Zaidi


Maverick film-maker from India, Amit R Agrwal, who got a deal to film in Italy at the Italian Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2026, headed back from Italy, after 3-months.

While Agrwal has been mentoring children and young adults worldwide; he is really looking at adding punch to k-drama, k-pop, "because my nephew is crazy about them. My Demon is his fave".

Very recently, he was invited to Korea Content Week organized by KOCCA at Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, India.

  • Agrwal met a lot of companies and hoped that an IP can created around the Indian-Korean characters.


Ted from a Korean company was quite bullish that with the industry finally picking up - there can be alliances - huge one at that - between Korea and India. Yin, hoped that she can develop a k-drama that can be as iconic as 'My Demon'.

The gist is in India Korean content is big and it will only be sometime before you have a full-fledged Indo-Korean film or webseries in true essence!
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